OpenAI guide to writing prompt

BOOM! OpenAI just dropped their guide to writing prompt

5 new strategies to get powerful results with your prompts:

1. Write clear instructions:

• Include details in your prompt to get more relevant answers

• Specify the steps required to complete a task

• Provide examples

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2. Provide reference text:

• Instruct ChatGPT to answer using a reference text, such as a link to a PDF or a website

• Instruct ChatGPT to answer with citations from a reference text

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3. Split complex tasks into simpler subtasks:

• Since there is a limit on how much text you can insert into ChatGPT, summarize long documents piece by piece to stay within the limit

• For prompts that involve multiple instructions, try breaking the prompts into smaller chunks

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4. Give ChatGPT some time to think:

• Instruct ChatGPT to work out its own solution before rushing to a conclusion

• Ask ChatGPT if it missed anything on previous passes

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5. Test changes systematically:

• Evaluate ChatGPT's outputs with reference to gold-standard answers